Peter Wamalwa, Maureen Were - UNU-WIDER, 2019 - Helsinki, Finland
The role of exports in promoting economic growth has been widely acknowledged. This paper analyses the link between exporting and growth performance in Kenya using time series data.
Despite trade liberalization and export promotion policies pursued over time, Kenya’s export growth has...
Felix Adamu Nandonde, Richard Adu-Gyamfi, TinayeSonto Mmusi, Herbert Wamalwa, Simplice A. Asongu, Johannes Pieter Opperman, Jeremiah R. Makindara - UNU-WIDER, 2019 - Helsinki, Finland
In recent decades, the impact of South African foreign direct investment in Africa has been captured by research and policy.
This paper investigates linkages and spillover effects of South African foreign direct investment in Botswana and Kenya. The study uses primary data to investigate...
Guadalupe Bedoya, Amy Dolinger, Khama Rogo, Njeri Mwaura, Francis Wafula, Jorge Coarasa, Ana Goicoechea, Jishnu Das - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2017 - Geneva, Switzerland
Objective
To assess compliance with infection prevention and control practices in primary health care in Kenya.
Methods
We used an observational, patient-tracking tool to assess compliance with infection prevention and control practices by 1680 health-care workers during outpatient...
Margaret E. Kruk, Adanna Chukwuma, Godfrey Mbaruku, Hannah H. Leslie - UNU-WIDER, 2017 - Helsinki, Finland
Objective: To analyse factors affecting variations in the observed quality of antenatal and sick-child care in primary-care facilities in seven African countries.
Methods: We pooled nationally representative data from service provision assessment surveys of health facilities in Kenya, Malawi,...
Miriam Rabkin, Matthew Lamb, Zainab T Osakwe, Peter R Mwangi, Wafaa M El-Sadr, Susan Michaels-Strasser - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2017 - Geneva, Switzerland
Objective
To develop a novel measure to characterize human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) programme quality at health facilities in Kenya and explore its associations with patient- and facility-level characteristics.
Methods
We developed a composite indicator to measure quality of HIV...
Fredrick O. Wanyama, Anna McCord - UNU-WIDER, 2017 - Helsinki, Finland
Literature on social protection in Kenya shows progress in implementation of cash transfers but not the social health insurance scheme. With a dearth of explanation for this contrasting promotion of social protection, this paper examines the role of Kenya’s political settlement and the...
Dianah Ngui Muchai, Peter Kimuyu - UNU-WIDER, 2017 - Helsinki, Finland
The mobile money transfer industry has been the most successful information and communications technology-enabled service in Kenya, having recorded an exponential growth relative to its neighbours within the East Africa region.
This could be attributed to Kenya’s status as a leading...
Charles Kunaka, Gaël Raballand, Mike Fitzmaurice - UNU-WIDER, 2016 - Helsinki, Finland
In East Africa, there have been numerous concerns over logistics efficiency. Among them, the regional integration of the trucking industry is perceived as a major problem.
This paper utilizes a combination of unpublished data surveys and published data (mainly port data) to assess the extent...
Christina Golubski - UNU-WIDER, 2016 - Helsinki, Finland
From 2000-2014, like many other sub-Saharan African countries, Kenya experienced high growth, at an average of 4.37 percent. Unfortunately, the 2007-2008 election-related violence as well as the global financial crisis halted much of Kenya’s economic progress, meaning it has lagged slightly...
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